How To Install hunt on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install hunt on Kali Linux.

What is hunt

hunt is:

Hunt is a program for intruding into a connection, watching it and resetting it.

Note that as hunt is operating on Ethernet, it is best used for connections which can be watched through it. However, it is possible to do something even for hosts on another segments or hosts that are on switched ports.

There are three methods to install hunt on Kali Linux. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install hunt Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install hunt using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install hunt

Install hunt Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install hunt using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install hunt

Install hunt Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install hunt using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install hunt

How To Uninstall hunt on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the hunt package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove hunt

Uninstall hunt And Its Dependencies

To uninstall hunt and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove hunt

Remove hunt Configurations and Data

To remove hunt configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge hunt

Remove hunt configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove hunt configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge hunt

Dependencies

hunt have the following dependencies:

• libc6

References

• hunt website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install hunt package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.